Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

technocracy

/tɛkˈnɒkɹəsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables: tech-noc-ra-cy
IPA: /tɛkˈnɒkɹəsi/

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"When scientific imagination and knowledge of Nature's Laws are substituted in our economics for chance, mystery, and magic;[…] when this economic childish irrationality is sanely substituted by organized Science, Technology, and specialized Skill co-ordinated in National Industrial Management, then will begin real civilization, the Age of Social Sanity, — Technocracy."
"Macron may be the best of the existing system, but his politics is located within the liberal-democratic coordinates of the enlightened technocracy."

Etymology

From techno- (“technical”, “technicians”) + -cracy (“rule by”), attributed to W.H. Smyth.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: techno-
Suffix: -cracy

Usage

Inflected Forms

technocracies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

technocrat technocratic

Questions

How do you pronounce technocracy?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɛkˈnɒkɹəsi/.
What does technocracy mean?: A system of governance where people who are skilled or proficient govern in their respective areas of expertise.
Where does technocracy come from?: From techno- (“technical”, “technicians”) + -cracy (“rule by”), attributed to W.H. Smyth.

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